STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1591
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1201
S.D. 2
H.D. 3
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1201, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ILLEGAL USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to sustain and expand efforts in addressing the problem of substance abuse by:
(1) Establishing the "Drug Busters Program" under the Attorney General to combat the manufacture, distribution, and sale of crystal methamphetamine (ice); and
(2) Appropriating funds for various substance abuse prevention, treatment, enforcement, and education programs.
The Drug Policy Action Group, Hawaii Juvenile Justice Project, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Youth Services Network, The Salvation Army Addiction Treatment Services, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this bill. Hina Mauka supported this bill with amendments. The Attorney General, Department of Education, and the Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Health offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1201, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1201, S.D. 2, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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